We have all heard the statistics and the arguments. Forty-three states have approved charter schools in one form or another.

I have written about charters in this space before and my position is and has always been that I am not in favor of any particular organizational structure to educate kids; I am in favor of educating our kids, period.

Now that no legislative barrier blocks the passage of a charter school law, our attention needs to turn to the particulars.

Bullitt County teachers have much more joy than usual to share with their students this holiday season. Four teachers throughout the county have been named recipients of a 2016 MAC Grant from McDonald’s® Restaurants of Kentuckiana.

For the fourteenth consecutive year, Kentuckiana middle school teachers have shared their ideas on how to “Make Activities Count” in the classroom in hopes of receiving a McDonald’s MAC Grant.

At Brooks Elementary, they even prefer the children to be born learning.

The school received a Born Learning Academy grant provided by Metro United Way and Toyota.

According to MUW, almost half of the students entering kindergarten are at risk or behind in their educational preparedness. The program was designed, based on research, to help prepare both students and families.